haleymeijermusic:

Good book for anyone considering ever having children at any point in the future. #America #health #healthyliving #detox #heal #futuregenerations #family #organic #naturalparenting #savethehumans #savehumanity #toxicity #cityliving #autism #add #allergies #vaccines #healing #asd #nutrition #superhuman #longevity #fertility #parenting #humanity #statistics

i’m autistic & i was born with a birth defect. not my autism- that’s fine, aside from certain assholes spreading misinformation and trying to prevent people from being born like me-, a heart defect. it took away my energy, leaving me exhausted from a single trip to the store at an age when for most parents, getting their kid to calm down for five minutes is an impossible task. 

i got surgery to fix it at the age of 5, and had a (literal) overnight increase in strength and energy. if it had been left untreated, it most likely would have eventually killed me.

i know from personal experience that birth defects can really suck ass, and some of them should totally be prevented or fixed early on so kids can get on with their lives.

autism? is not one of them. it’s not even a birth defect, it’s a fucking neurotype that does not need to be cured or prevented in any fashion. 

i hate eye contact, i can’t always talk using verbal methods, the feeling of crayons on paper is physically painful, and i count myself lucky if i manage the energy to have two close friends at the same time. i’m easily overwhelmed by things like confrontation and the feeling of having long fingernails. if i do not have access to sensory-friendly foods, i will literally starve because i can’t eat stuff that doesn’t mesh with my sensory tastes, i literally just physically cannot.

and above all else, i can’t fucking stand people who claim autism is some kind of tragedy that should be avoided at all costs. meaning you, haleymeijermusic. fuck you if you still think autism is a “preventable birth defect”. 

Autistic femininity

kk-gunner:

Autistic femininity is wearing the same makeup look every day,
and hating how stiff it feels on your skin.
Autistic femininity is stimming with your brushes and powder puffs,
and loving how well they apply.
Autistic femininity is hating the feeling of false eyelashes on your eyelids,
and mourning your disuse of them.
Autistic femininity is cursing your dyspraxia when you use liquid eyeliner,
but loving how it looks on your eyes.
Autistic femininity is wearing dresses or skirts for the sensory input,
but hating the lace trimming they place on the ends.

Autistic femininity is conflict and fascination.

tbh 2/3 of the reasons i wanna see mad max is bc of all the language/slang alterations and i wanna know how 2 incorporate them into my everyday language usage since a) it sounds rad and b) if i talk weird enough maybe NTs won’t notice when im having problems languaging

okay, so.. have there ever been any discussions on if its okay for intellectually abled autistics to reclaim the r-slur?
its just. I want to reclaim it but its a R E A L L Y controversial one and I prefer to be 100% sure its okay with people(esp intellectually disabled autistic folks)

Allistic people: High functioning Autistics are not allowed an opinion on Autism because they don’t understand the ~true suffering~ of it
Allistic people: Low Functioning Autistics are also not allowed an opinion on Autism because they are confused and can’t be trusted to know whats best for them
Allistic people: Oh man, so who should speak for Autistic people?
Allistic people: …
Allistic people: Omg…..its me…..I am the true voice for Autistic people. I will now devote my life to telling Autistic people to shut the hell up whilst I tell them how much I want to eradicate them
Allistic People: I am an angel, a brave warrior of justice, the true champion of the weak and voiceless

fistarnius:

Custom autism-themed Cards Against Humanity sheets. Best used in
combination with the standard set. Reblog with your favorite
combinations.

Black cards:

  • Although vaccine theories have been thoroughly discredited, some studies suggest that autism is really caused by ________.
  • To the great surprise of the Autistic community, the latest film from Autism Speaks portrays ________ in a positive light.
  • ________ doesn’t make you autistic! That happens to everyone!
  • The reason there are no autistic adults is because every autistic 17-year-old experiences ________.
  • What’s my special interest?
  • New reports claim that ________ must have been autistic because they liked ________. (Pick 2)
  • Following
    the consolidation of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the DSM, the ICD will
    now refer to the entire autism spectrum as ________.
  • I tried to
    drive from ________ to ________, but due to my horrible navigational
    skills, I wound up in ________ instead. (Draw 2, Pick 3)
  • You can’t be autistic if you’re capable of ________.
  • Labels belong on ________, not people.
  • To avoid “ass burgers” jokes, Asperger syndrome will be renamed ________.
  • Where do spoons come from?
  • A collaborative campaign between Autism Speaks and PETA will feature nude models with the slogan: “________“.
  • I meant to say ________, but my text-to-speech app autocorrected it to ________. (Pick 2)
  • Don’t you hate seeing everyone on their phones all the time? I miss the old days when we had ________.
  • This year’s Light It Up Blue campaign aims to put light bulbs all over ________.
  • In Temple Grandin’s upcoming book, she explains that cows are similar to autistic people because they both have ________.
  • What’s the best way to come out as autistic?
  • Some people flap when they’re happy. I flap because of ________.
  • In her latest Playboy video, Jenny McCarthy uses her son’s autism as inspiration for ________.

White cards:

  • Knowing useless facts about everything.
  • Exclusively dating autistic people to further the master race.
  • Bribing the diagnostician to make you sound more disabled on paper.
  • Temple Grandin.
  • Rain Man.
  • Flapping your nail polish dry.
  • Measles parties.
  • Tasting spice in food labeled not spicy.
  • The disgusting taste of bottled water.
  • Just nodding and smiling because you’ve already said “can you repeat that?” three times.
  • Having pets who understand you better than humans do.
  • Searching for beer while lost in the desert.
  • Texting someone who is right in front of you.
  • Infodumping about the menstrual cycle.
  • Memorizing the script to a porn movie.
  • Making suggestive eyebrow movements at the wall next to you.
  • Running out of spoons while spooning.
  • Exploiting the stereotype that autistic can’t lie to get out of trouble.
  • Subtly switching to the green communication card when an attractive person is nearby.
  • That one autistic character on that one episode of that one show.
  • A bleach enema.
  • Accidentally staring at a woman’s breasts while avoiding eye contact.
  • Socio-emotional reciprocity.
  • Proposing marriage with a plastic spinner ring.
  • Nikola Tesla making sweet love to his imaginary laser pigeon.
  • Having situational mutism during wedding vows.
  • Going outside, then realizing there’s no wi-fi and going back inside.
  • Stuffing one bag full of everything you could possibly need.
  • Friends doing unrelated things in close proximity.
  • Going to a museum to touch all the sculptures.
  • Guessing people’s names.
  • Knowing more about your neurotype than a psychologist with a PhD.
  • Forgetting to eat.
  • Self-diagnosis.
  • Fad diets.
  • Cows.
  • Cats.
  • Eye contact.
  • The internet.
  • Clothes with no tags.

my fellow autistics

neurowonderful:

We’ve done it. We’ve found the ultimate autism-related youtube comment, the comment to end them all. With this single cutting comment I have been so thoroughly dismantled that I have no choice but to confess my deception, give up the act, and go on to live a statistically average, neurotypical life. I have been found out by a true autism expert.

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[Image description: A screenshot of a youtube comment with the username blurred out. The comment reads “She doesn’t seem autistic at all I just watched rain main. Why’s she pretending”]

Alright everyone. Let’s pack up and go home.